Results 381-400 of 9,898 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: On the tenant in situ scheme, we have provided an additional €325 million in 2025 for local authorities to buy second-hand homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: This will make a difference to families facing homelessness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy cannot just dismiss budgetary planning as if it is not a proper part of how the Government operates and how politics should operate as part of-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy just dismissing this and saying we should have ad hoc decisions on measures taken every week is not the appropriate way to run the budgetary process. What I said very clearly yesterday and again today was that we acknowledged the pressure many families and students faced. That is absolutely understood by everyone in the Government. What we have said we will do around the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for her question. I first want to echo what she said about Brother Crowley. Ireland has lost a wonderful person, someone who brought incredible care, humility and service to support the most vulnerable in our country. We thank him for his tireless work. May he rest in peace. I offer condolences to all of his family. In response to the Deputy's question, I acknowledge...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: What I have said very clearly is that the outlook will be informed by what we agree as part of budget 2026. This is the hypocrisy of Sinn Féin when it comes to third level fees. In the North, the then Minister, Caoimhe Archibald, was not at the time ruling out hikes in student fees.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: She then said that she had to work within the context of the financial position. It is the same for this Government when it comes to budget 2026.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: When it comes to all policy-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: All decisions we will make for next year will be made in the budget.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: They will be done and concluded in the budget process. That is the same as has happened in previous years. That is the context. That will inform the outlook for 2026.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: That is the same for all policy measures.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: It is decided in the budget.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: Achieving the potential for digitalisation and AI to improve the delivery of effective and inclusive public services requires the combined efforts of all government departments and public bodies, in line with the strategic direction and targets that have been agreed by Government, including those set out in Connecting Government 2030, Better Public Services, and Harnessing Digital. While...

Appointment of An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on the 24th June, 2025, nominated Brian Doherty for appointment by the President as An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta, recommends, pursuant to section 171(3)(b) of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 that Brian Doherty be appointed by the President as An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Many others have raised it and as I have said to others, this is a matter for budget 2026. We will engage with the Minister, Deputy Lawless, in that context. All measures and priorities are reflected in the budgetary discussions that the Government will undertake in advance of budget 2026. The same applies to the issue the Deputy has raised, as it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy. As she knows, this issue is regulated by the Irish Aviation Authority in the context of the EU legislative framework that exists for drones. I know the Minister for Transport, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is working on finalising the draft policy framework and expects it to be published this summer. There was previous consultation on the framework and extensive has been work...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy. I know and understand some of what is being said around Letterkenny and surgical capacity for the north-west region. The Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, has been engaging with the Deputy and other representatives of the north west in the context of the surgical demand that is there. She is engaging in that process in good faith. Over the coming period, we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy. A number of road safety interventions have been made and are being made to the N81. Funding of €400,000 has been provided for realignment of the section near Stratford-on-Slaney and technical advisers have also been appointed to develop this scheme through a planning application. Funding has also been allocated to provide for traffic calming measures on the N81...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for raising this really important issue. I will start by acknowledging the bravery of so many victims of domestic and gender-based violence in speaking out. These voices are a stark reminder that although improvements have been made, we need to keep the momentum going to achieve our objective of zero tolerance of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. This topic was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy. I am not sure whether he was here during Leaders' Questions when I responded to many of the Deputies who raised this issue. What has been stated up to this point is that the one-off temporary measures taken in the past 12 months are not continuing in the context of budget 2026. However, there will be a real focus on affordability of public services in education,...